[metmom]

And thank you for equating Early Christians as being the same as early CAtholics. That is so true — right from Apostolic times, if you read the Didache (written in 70 AD) you can see that the rituals, practises and beliefs of the Early Christians are continued in the beliefs of The Church

That's only because the Catholic church claimed that the early Christians were Catholics. That doesn't mean they were.

On the contrary, the Catholic church has long since departed from the early church. It in no way resembles the church in the book of Acts. Of course, that can be said for many (not all) other churches as well. But the Catholic church is certainly no exempt from that error.

[Cronos]

Thank you again for equating Early Christians as being the same as early CAtholics. That is so true — right from Apostolic times, if you read the Didache (written in 70 AD) you can see that the rituals, practises and beliefs of the Early Christians are continued in the beliefs of The Church

If you ever read the Didache you'd see that.